The 2005–06 Cypriot Cup was the 64th edition of the

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

. A total of 54 clubs entered the competition. It began on 10 September 2005 with the first round and concluded on 13 May 2006 with the final which was held at

GSZ Stadium GCZ Stadium or Gymnastic Club Zenon Stadium (; Γ.Σ.Ζ., ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. Usually it is referred to as the 'neo GSZ Stadium' to distinguish it from the old GSZ Stadium, which it replaced. It is currently used mos ...

. APOEL won their 18th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating AEK 3–2 ( aet) in the final.

Format

In the 2005–06 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

, the

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, the

Cypriot Third Division The Cypriot Third Division (Greek language, Greek: Πρωτάθλημα Γ΄ Κατηγορίας) is the third tier Association football, football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing ...

and 12 of the 14 teams of the

Cypriot Fourth Division The Cypriot Fourth Division () was the fourth tier Association football, football league competition in Cyprus, ran by the Cyprus Football Association. Each year, the top finishing teams of the league were promoted to the Cypriot Third Division, an ...

. The competition consisted of seven rounds. In the first and in the second round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn,

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

was following. If extra time was drawn, the winner was decided by

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

. The third round was played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round. If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then

was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by

. In the next round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the next round. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played over two legs and the same format as in the third round was applied. The final was a single match. The cup winner secured a place in the

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First round

In the first round participated all the teams of the

and the

and 12 of the 14 teams of the

. The two fourth division teams which were promoted from the 2005 STOK promotion play-offs to the 2005–06 Cypriot Fourth Division after finishing to the third and fourth place (

APEP Pelendriou APEP Pelendriou (, ''Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosi Pelendriou''; "Athletic Football Union Pelendriou") is a Cypriot football club based in Pelendri. Founded in 1956, was playing sometimes in Second and sometimes in the Third and Fourth Division ...

and

Anagennisi Trachoni Trachoni ( or )( ancient greek for rugged/stony ground) is a large village lying partly in the Limassol District of Cyprus, and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. , it had a population of 3,952. Prior to 1974, Trac ...

) did not participate in the Cypriot Cup.

FC Episkopi Episkopi (, ) is a village lying partly in the Limassol district of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is approximately west of Limassol and east of Paphos. Episkopi is built on the hill of ancient ...

and Kissos Kissonerga which finished first and second in the 2005 STOK promotion play-offs, participated in the Cypriot Cup.

Second round

In the second round participated the winners of the first round ties.

Third round

In the third round participated the winners of the second round ties and six teams of the

(the teams which finished 9th, 10th, 11th in the

2004–05 Cypriot First Division The 2004–05 Cypriot First Division was the 66th season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Anorthosis won their 12th title. Format Fourteen teams participated in the 2004–05 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other t ...

and the three teams which promoted from the

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). The first eight teams of the 2004-05 Cypriot First Division did not participate in this round.

Group stage

In the group stage participated the eight winners of the third round ties and the eight teams of the

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which did not participated in the third round, that were the teams which finished in the first eight places in the

. The first four teams of the

(

Anorthosis Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

, APOEL, Omonia, Olympiakos) were set heads of each group and the 5th–8th placed teams ( Digenis,

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta () is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis, Cyprus, Salamis (or Salamina), an ancient city near present- ...

Apollon Apollon may refer to: * Apollo, ancient Greek god of light, healing and poetry * Apollon (Formula One), Formula One constructor * Apollon Kalamarias, Greek football club * Apollon Smyrnis F.C., a Greek football club from Athens * Apollon Pontou F ...

and

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou''; ), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Ta ...

) were drawn one per group. The eight teams which advanced from the third round were drawn without limitations. The teams of each group played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The group winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the next round.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals participated all the teams which qualified from the group stage. The group winners were drawn against the runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other. The first legs were played on 7 and 8 March. The second legs were played on 31 March, 1 April and 2 April. The second leg match between Anorthosis and AEK was abandoned in the 55th minute due to floodlight failure and was replayed on 19 April.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 26 April. The second legs were played on 3 May.

Final

MATCH OFFICIALS * Assistant referees: ** Aristidis Christou ** Stefanos Grigoriades MATCH RULES * 90 minutes. * 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. * Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. * Five named substitutes. * Maximum of three substitutions.

Sources

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References

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